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C. E. MANNING.

APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

No. 530,191. Patented Dec. 4,1894.

UNITED TATES PATENT OFFicE.

CHARLES E. MANNING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADDISON ALLEN, OFSAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,191, dated December4,1894.

Application filed September 9, 1893. Renewed May 14, 1894. Serielll'o.511,257. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. MANNING, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forExtinguishing Fires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for extinguishingfires, and it is especially adapted for use in cities where water Imains and electric mains are carried through the streets.

When fires break out in buildings, during the few minutes that elapsefrom the time of the discovery of the fire, until the fire alarm hasbeen sounded, and the steam fire engine is able to reach the scene ofaction, and to throw a stream of water upon the fire, the fire is likelyto obtain dangerous headway, and it is the object of my presentinvention, to provide a system by which one person may almost instantlyturn a stream of water from hose upon the fire.

Referenceishad tothe accompanying drawing, in which A represents thewater main running along beneath the surface of street.

B represents a water pipe leading from the main A to the pump 0 operatedby the shaft D of the electric motor E. the pump 0 is delivered to thepipe B having one or more hose F connected thereto on each of the floorsII, III, 850., of the build-' ing. These hose may be mounted on a reel,

stowed in a box, or otherwise placed, and,

40 should preferably have the nozzle always attached as shown in thefigure. The branch pipe 2) leading from the pipe B to each hose, iscontrolled by a valve f. Adjacent to the said valve f, an electricswitch M, and rheostat M are placed, the former connected by the wireson and k to the electric motor E, and

the latter by the wires m It, h, to the electric main H, which is inturn connected to the electric motor by the leading in Wire h.

The operation of the device is as follows:

Whenever the watchman or other person on The water from.

the floor discovers the fire, as for instance on the floor III, hecloses the switch M on that floor, thus starting the electric motor. Hethen immediately opens the valve f, and runs out the hose F to the sceneof the fire. The stream from the pump C will reach the fire almostinstantaneously, and in the great majority of cases the discoverer ofthe fire will be enabled to put it out before it has done 5 any materialdamage.

If desired, a fire alarm may be so connected to each of the rheostats asto be operated by closing the switch, or it may be automaticallyoperated by unwinding the hose reel, or if 6 preferred, it may beentirely distinct from the apparatus for putting out the fire.

The electric motor and the various parts immediately connected thereto,should preferably be inclosed in a dust proof casing N, and wouldordinarily be placed in the collar of one of the buildings to beprotected by the apparatus herein described.

While I have shown a single building as provided with an electricmotor,it will be obvious that one electric motor would ordinarily besufficient for a group of buildings, and that pipes may be let outtherefrom in various directions, the pump first delivering its waterunder pressure to the reservoir, not shown, so into which the variouspipes connected to the building are led.

These and various other modifications might be used without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. An apparatusfor extinguishing fires in buildings, comprising a sourceof water sup- 9o ply, and a source of electricity an electric motor, apump driven thereby, electric wires connected to said source ofelectricity and to said motor, electric switches adapted to close thecircuit through said wires and operate said 5 motor, water pipes leadingfrom said water supply to said pump, and from said pump through thebuilding a plurality of branch pipes, and independent valves for eachleadingfrom said waterpipes,andahoseconnected to each of said branchpipes, substantially as and for the purposes described.

said water main and forcing water into said system of pipes,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. MANNING.

Witnesses:

ROBERT B. ALLING, R. JOHNSTON.

